Also that year, Johar's Dharmatic Entertainment replaced Banijay's SOL India as the show's production company.

The idea was pitched to the heads of Star India who, impressed with Johar's hosting skills at the first Zee Cine Awards, ordered the show without a pilot.

[11] Most of his guests Johar considers his friends and he mentions that due to that relationship, he has to "strike a balance between being over-cautious and over-friendly".

[10] In what is called his "trademark chatty manner", Johar is seen "coaxing [the guests], cajoling them and grilling them" and it is indeed "their confessions and revelations" that generate the most media attention.

[13][14] Specifically the rapid fire segment of the show has garnered the most notoriety, being dubbed "infamous" for the statements made during the round which are often revealing.

[15] The Rapid Fire segment includes a quick question-and-answer interview with Johar asking each guest a similar set of questions.

The winner of the Rapid Fire round is given a gift hamper which includes personalised roasted coffee, a Koffee mug, some edible items like cookies and candies, and some electronic gadgets.

Khan made his third appearance (second as the featured guest) in the season finale alongside Amitabh Bachchan, another co-star from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.... Additional guests for the finale included Kajol, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Farhan Akhtar, and Farah Khan.

They include Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Mahesh Bhatt, Anurag Kashyap, Juhi Chawla, and Rohit Shetty.

While the show had retained its primetime slot since the second season, the 14th episode of season 4, featuring India-born Hollywood actress Freida Pinto and Nargis Fakhri, was moved to the late night slot reportedly due to the channel's view that the content "was too bold for prime time viewing".

[32] The season premiered with Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt as the featured guests, both having recently worked on Dear Zindagi of which Johar was a producer.

[38] The 10th episode, featuring Prabhas, S. S. Rajamouli and Rana Daggubati from Baahubali, marked the first time stars from Tollywood, the Telugu film industry, appeared on the show.

[43][44] On 4 May 2022, Johar announced on social media using a marketing ploy that the show would be returning for a seventh season as a streaming exclusive on Disney+ Hotstar, under the service's content hub, Hotstar Specials, with his studio's digital content subsidiary, Dharmatic Entertainment, taking over as the show's production company.

[49] The seventh season premiered on 7 July 2022 with Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt as guests, both having recently worked on Johar's upcoming film, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, at the time, and marked the third consecutive time Bhatt appeared on a season premiere.

[50] The third episode, which aired on 21 July 2022, with Akshay Kumar and Tollywood actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu as guests, saw the latter's first appearance on the show.

[51] The fourth episode featured Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday as guests, marking the former's debut appearance on Koffee with Karan.